Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors $1.08 -0.01 (-0.46%) As of 02:42 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ALTO vs. LXFR, ARQ, AMTX, VGAS, FSI, ZTEK, LODE, LOOP, TSE, and ORGNShould you be buying Alto Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alto Ingredients include Luxfer (LXFR), ARQ (ARQ), Aemetis (AMTX), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Flexible Solutions International (FSI), Zentek (ZTEK), Comstock (LODE), Loop Industries (LOOP), Trinseo (TSE), and Origin Materials (ORGN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry. Alto Ingredients vs. Its Competitors Luxfer ARQ Aemetis Verde Clean Fuels Flexible Solutions International Zentek Comstock Loop Industries Trinseo Origin Materials Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Is ALTO or LXFR more profitable? Luxfer has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -7.16%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.75% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alto Ingredients-7.16% -18.78% -10.60% Luxfer 6.02%11.75%6.80% Which has more risk & volatility, ALTO or LXFR? Alto Ingredients has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, ALTO or LXFR? Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlto Ingredients$965.26M0.09-$58.98M-$0.92-1.19Luxfer$391.90M0.95$18.40M$0.9015.40 Does the media prefer ALTO or LXFR? In the previous week, Luxfer had 1 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Luxfer and 2 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Alto Ingredients' score of 0.95 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Alto Ingredients 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Luxfer 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ALTO or LXFR? 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend ALTO or LXFR? Alto Ingredients currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 402.28%. Given Alto Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Luxfer.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alto Ingredients 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Luxfer 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SummaryLuxfer beats Alto Ingredients on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Alto Ingredients News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ALTO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ALTO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlto IngredientsCONSM PD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$84.75M$2.25B$8.28B$10.26BDividend YieldN/A4.28%3.00%4.61%P/E Ratio-1.1916.2818.4926.05Price / Sales0.094.565.97168.79Price / CashN/A15.8616.9761.52Price / Book0.371.664.946.29Net Income-$58.98M$103.49M$255.40M$270.94M7 Day Performance-14.79%-3.72%-2.14%-0.30%1 Month Performance5.29%2.65%2.73%6.20%1 Year Performance-30.70%-16.72%49.79%28.32% Alto Ingredients Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ALTOAlto Ingredients2.8146 of 5 stars$1.09-0.5%$5.50+406.9%-31.4%$83.59M$965.26M-1.17420Gap UpLXFRLuxfer3.3659 of 5 stars$13.67+2.6%N/A+12.3%$356.50M$391.90M15.191,450ARQARQ3.4364 of 5 stars$7.40+3.2%$10.00+35.1%+40.4%$306.10M$108.96M-185.00140AMTXAemetis2.1049 of 5 stars$2.23+3.2%$17.00+662.3%-2.8%$136.60M$223.57M-1.38160VGASVerde Clean Fuels0.2127 of 5 stars$2.83-2.4%N/A-24.6%$129.19MN/A-6.902Positive NewsGap UpFSIFlexible Solutions International3.0306 of 5 stars$10.80+10.9%N/A+188.9%$123.28M$37.32M32.7340News CoverageGap DownZTEKZentek0.7254 of 5 stars$0.95-6.2%N/A+20.8%$105.76M$1.22M-18.9524News CoverageGap UpLODEComstock0.505 of 5 stars$2.87-1.4%$4.00+39.4%-15.6%$103.12M$3.28M-23.9130News CoveragePositive NewsLOOPLoop Industries1.1666 of 5 stars$1.90-1.6%N/A-1.8%$92.10M$10.89M-6.7990TSETrinseo1.4192 of 5 stars$2.40-1.8%N/A-48.3%$87.72M$3.51B-0.222,950News CoveragePositive NewsORGNOrigin Materials2.4782 of 5 stars$0.53-6.4%$1.50+184.0%-68.1%$84.62M$31.28M-0.85160Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Luxfer Competitors ARQ Competitors Aemetis Competitors Verde Clean Fuels Competitors Flexible Solutions International Competitors Zentek Competitors Comstock Competitors Loop Industries Competitors Trinseo Competitors Origin Materials Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ALTO) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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